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Los Angeles is where aspiring movie stars go and wait tables while they wait to get cast as extras in random network sitcoms. It is also the place where scorned Red Sox stars go for redemption. In recent years, several discarded Red Sox mainstays have been rejuvenated in Dodger blue. Perhaps the...

With the Red Sox winning the AL East and 108 games during the regular season, from the outside it may have seemed like it was an easy season for first-year manager Alex Cora, but prior to Game 1 of the World Series he noted it did have its challenges. One of the biggest was making the decision to...

It’s been nearly four months since Hanley Ramirez last donned a Red Sox uniform, but he still has love for his Boston teammates. The released slugger tweeted out congratulations to the Red Sox Thursday after they defeated the Yankees and clinched their third straight AL East title. The message was...

Alex Cora says he recommended the Red Sox cut ties with Hanley Ramirez, because he didn’t believe the struggling $20 million veteran would be able to excel in more of a part-time role. “It’s nothing against the player, because Hanley is a good player. He was going through a slump,” Cora told “Dale...

A lot has been surmised, predicted and reported over the last few days when it comes to the recent reports of Hanley Ramirez's possible involvement in a drug bust. But one element that was missing was a comment from one of Ramirez's former teammates with the Red Sox. We now have one of those voices...

Red Sox manager Alex Cora was succinct on Tuesday when asked about a follow-up report suggesting that Hanley Ramirez is not part of an investigation into an alleged Lawrence drug ring. "I never had a doubt, honestly," Cora said. "I know the guy and I know his principles. I know how he cares about...

In a radio interview with us Friday night, Michele McPhee said an alleged drug trafficker FaceTimed Hanley Ramirez during a traffic stop, and claimed the ex-Red Sox slugger owned a box that was filled with fentanyl. The Boston Globe reported the same thing Sunday afternoon. Except, the Globe...

ABC News’ Michele McPhee broke the story Friday that Hanley Ramirez was “being eyed” as part of a federal and state investigation. Over the weekend, in various interviews on WEEI, McPhee said the investigation centers around an alleged fentanyl distribution ring operating out of Lawrence. According...

Hanley Ramirez isn’t under federal investigation after all, reports the Boston Globe’s Shelley Murphy and Evan Allen . He just has a bad friend. State police stopped and searched a man’s car in western Massachusetts in April following a tip to the Drug Enforcement Administration that he would be...